The Leading Surface Dressing Contractor In Merseyside

Surface Dressing and Road Resurfacing In Merseyside

Surface dressing involves the application of a layer of hot bitumen from a spray tanker, immediately followed by a layer of aggregate chippings. It is carried out annually by Merseyside Council and local councils across the UK as a means of extending the life of the roads, preventing cracks, and of maintaining safety, and is also ideal for private roads, car parks, farm tracks and driveways.

Surface dressing offers the following advantages:

• Seals the road surface with a waterproof layer of bitumen, helping to prevent a major cause of asphalt road damage.
• Protects the underlying asphalt road structure, which in turn improves road life expectancy and helps to reduce the overall costs of road construction and maintenance. A well laid surface can last more than 10 years, even for roads with heavy traffic.
• Provides a fresh bitumen and aggregates surface with improved skid resistance, thereby reducing the risk of certain kinds of accidents.

All types of Roads, Car Parks, Large Driveways, Farm Tracks, Commercial & Industrial Estates and footpaths can accept surface dressing.

Surface Dressing Considerations

The specification needs to be designed for the specific road type and purpose. Please contact our customer service team for a no obligation consultation on your surface design.

Chesterton Surfacing have over 45 years experience in asphalt and tarmacadam road laying and road repairs in Merseyside and North England. We are CHAS and industry certified and can guide you towards making the right decisions on such questions as binder and aggregate requirement so that your project will have the maximum benefit and lifespan.

Environmental considerations

Surface dressing uses far less aggregates, which have to be quarried from finite resources, compared with full hot asphalt resurfacing.

The carbon footprint is also only around 25% of that for laying asphalt, and the time taken is far less, minimising disruption to neighbourhoods and local area traffic.

When to carry out Surface Dressing in Merseyside 

Work should be undertaken whilst the existing road surface and underlying pavement is still relatively good condition and before major repair work is required.

Before skid resistance has fallen below national standards for the road type.

Here is a full list of cities, towns and villages in the county of Merseyside, England that we cover:

A
Aigburth, Ainsdale, Aintree, Allerton, Anfield

B
Barnston, Bebington, Beechwood, Belle Vale, Bidston, Billinge, Birkdale, Birkenhead, Blowick, Blundellsands, Bold, Bootle, Bowring Park, Brighton le Sands, Brimstage, Broadgreen, Bromborough, Bromborough Pool

C
Caldy, Canning, Childwall, Churchtown, Claughton, Clock Face, Clubmoor, Crank, Cressington, Crosby, Crossens, Croxteth, Croxteth Park Estate

D
Dentons Green, Dingle, Dovecot

E
Earlestown, Eastham, Eccleston, Eccleston Lane Ends, Eccleston Park, Edge Hill, Egremont, Everton

F
Fairfield, Fazakerley, Ford, Ford Estate, Formby, Frankby, Freshfield

G
Garston, Gateacre, Gayton, Gillmoss, Golborne Dale, Grange, Grange Park, Grassendale, Greasby, Great Altcar, Great Meols

H
Halewood, Halsnead Park, Haydock, Heswall, Higher Bebington, Higher Tranmere, Hightown, Hillside, Hoylake, Hunts Cross, Huyton

I
Ince Blundell, Irby

K
Kensington, Kings Moss, Kirkby, Kirkdale, Knotty Ash, Knowsley Village, Knowsley Park

L
Landican, Larton, Leasowe, Liscard, Litherland, Little Altcar, Little Crosby, Liverpool, Lunt, Lydiate

M
Maghull, Marshside, Melling, Meols, Moreton, Mossley Hill –

N
Netherley, Netherton, New Brighton, New Ferry, Newton, Newton-le-Willows, Noctorum, Norris Green –

O
Old Roan, Old Swan, Orrell Park, Oxton

P
Page Moss, Parr, Pensby, Port Sunlight, Poulton, Prenton, Prescot

R
Raby, Raby Mere, Rainford, Rainhill, Roby, Rock Ferry

S
Saughall Massie, Seacombe, Seaforth, Sefton, Southport, Speke, Spital, St Helens, Stockbridge Village, Stoneycroft, Sutton Leach, Sutton Manor

T
Tarbock, Thatto Heath, Thingwall, Thornton, Thornton Hough, Thurstaston, Toxteth, Tranmere, Tuebrook

U
Upton

V
Vauxhall

W
Waddicar, Wallasey, Wallasey Village, Walton, Waterloo, Wavertree, West Derby, West Kirby, Whiston, Windle, Wolverham, Woodchurch, Woodvale, Woolton